Evolution of nutritional value of two tomato genotypes grown in soilless culture as affected by macrocation proportions

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1584-1588

  Fanasca, Simone ^a   Colla, Giuseppe ^a   Rouphael, Youssef ^a   Saccardo, Francesco ^a   Maiani, Giuseppe ^b   Venneria, Eugenia ^b   Azzini, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lycopene; Lycopersicon esculentum; Ripening; tocopherol; carotene

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FRUITS; GREENHOUSES; SOILS;

LYCOPENE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; Α-TOCOPHEROL; Β-CAROTENE;

CROPS;

CONCENTRATION; FRUITS; GREENHOUSES; NUTRIENTS; RIPENING; SOIL; TOMATOES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33845210392     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.7.1584     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Abushita, A.A., E.A. Hebshi, H.G. Daood, and P.A. Biacs. 2000. Change in carotenoids and antioxidant vitamins in tomato as a function of varietal and technological factors. J. Agr. Food Chem. 48:2075-2081.
2. Alexander, L. and D. Grierson. 2002. Ethylene biosynthesis and action in tomato: A model for climacteric fruit ripening. J. Exp. Bot. 53:2039-2055.
3. Arias, R., T.C. Lee, L. Logendra, and H. Janes. 2000. Correlation of lycopene measured by HPLC with the 1*, a*, b* color readings of a hydroponic tomato and the relationship of maturity with color and lycopene content. J. Agr. Food Chem. 48:1697-1702.
4. Beecher, G.R. 1997. Nutrient content of tomatoes and tomato products. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 218:98-100.
5. Bramley, P.M. 2002. Regulation of carotenoids formation during tomato fruit ripening and development. J. Exp. Bot. 53:2107-2113.
6. Castelao, J.E., J.M. Yuan, M. Gago-Dominguez, P.L. Skipper, S.R. Tannenbaum, K.K. Chan, M.A. Watson, D.A. Bell, G.A. Coetzee, R.K. Ross, and M.C. Yu. 2004. Carotenoids/vitamin C and smoking-related bladder cancer. Int. J. Cancer. 110:417-423.
7. Davies, J.N. and G.E. Hobson. 1981. The constituents of tomato fruit. The influence of environment, nutrition, and genotype. Crit. Rev. Food Sci. Nutr. 15:205-280.
8. De Pascale, S., A. Maggio, V. Fogliano, P. Ambrosino, and A. Ritieni. 2001. Irrigation with saline water improves carotenoids content and antioxidant activity of tomato. J. Hort. Sci. Biotechnol. 76:447-453.
9. Dumas, Y., M. Dadomo, G. Di Lucca, and P. Grolier. 2003. Effects of environmental factors and agricultural techniques on antioxidant content of tomatoes. J. Sci. Food Agr. 83:369-382.
10. Fraser, P.D., M.R. Truesdale, C.R. Bird, W. Sehuch, and P.M. Bramley. 1994. Carotenoid biosynthesis during the tomato fruit development. Evidence for tissue-specific gene expression. Plant Physiol. 105:405-413.
11. Giovanelli, G., V. Lavelli, C. Peri, and S. Nobili. 1999. Variation in antioxidant components of tomato during vine and post-harvest ripening. J. Sci. Food Agr. 79:1583-1588.
12. Karla, Y.P. 1998. Handbook of reference methods for plant analysis, p. 165-170. CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton, Fla.
13. Kiehl, P.A., J.H. Lieth, and D.W. Burger. 1992. Growth response of chrysanthemum to various container medium moisture tension levels. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 117:224-229.
14. Koskitalo, D.N. and D.P. Omrod. 1972. Effect of sub-optimal ripening temperatures on the color quality and pigment composition of tomato fruit. J. Food Sci. 37:56-62.
15. Kozukue, N. and M. Friedman. 2003. Tomatine, chlorophyll, β-earotene and lycopene content in tomatoes during growth and maturation. J. Sci. Food Agr. 83:195-200.
16. Lenucci, M.S., D. Cadinu, M. Taurino, G. Piro, and G. Dalessandro. 2006. Antioxidant composition in cherry and high-pigment tomato cultivars. J. Agr. Food Chem. 54:2606-2613.
17. Leonardi, C., P. Ambrosino, F. Esposito, and V. Fogliano. 2000. Antioxidative activity and carotenoid and tomatine contents in different typologies of fresh consumption tomatoes. J. Agr. Food Chem. 48:4723-4727.
18. McGuire, R.G. 1992. Reporting objective color measurements. HortScience 27:1254-1255.
19. Norrie, J., M.E.D. Graham, and A. Gosselin. 1994. Potential evapotranspiration as a means of predicting irrigation timing in greenhouse tomatoes grown in peat bags. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 119:163-168.
20. Paiva, E.A.S., R.A. Sampaio, and H.E.P. Martinez. 1998. Composition and quality of tomato fruit cultivated in nutrient solutions containing different calcium concentrations. J. Plant Nutr. 21:2653-2661.
21. Petersen, K.K., J. Willumsen, and K. Kaack. 1998. Composition and taste of tomatoes as affected by increased salinity and different salinity sources. J. Hort. Sci. Biotechnol. 73:205-215.
22. Raffo, A., C. Leonardi, V. Fogliano, P. Ambrosino, M. Salucci, L. Gennaro, R. Bugianesi, F. Giuffrida, and G. Quaglia. 2002. Nutritional value of cherry tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum cv. Naomi Fl) harvested at different ripening stages. J. Agr. Food Chem. 50:6550-6556.
23. Robertson, G.H., N.E. Mahoney, N. Goodman, and A.E. Pavlath. 1995. Regulation of lycopene formation in cell suspension culture of VFNT tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) by CPTA, growth regulators, sucrose, and temperature. J. Exp. Bot. 46:667-673.
24. Sharpless, K.A., M. Arce-Osuna, J.B. Thoma, and M.L. Gill. 1999. Value assignment of retinyl palmitate, tocopherol and carotenoid concentrations in standard reference material 2383 (baby food composite). J. AOAC 82:288-296.
25. Tapiero, H., D.M. Townsend, and K.D. Tew. 2004. The role of carotenoids in the prevention of human pathologies. Biomed. Pharmacother. 58:100-110.
26. Trudel, M.J. and J.L. Ozbun. 1971. Influence of potassium on carotenoid content of tomato fruit. J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. 96:763-765.
27. Willcox, J.K., G.L. Catignani, and S. Lazarus. 2003. Tomatoes and cardiovascular health. Crit. Rev. Food Sci. Nutr. 43:1-18.